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284. Patamda

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Bihar Assembly Election, 1972

BR-PATAMDA

INC 46.6%won by 15.3%JKP 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 15.3%.

  • New challengerJan Kalyan Party (JKP) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.9% of the vote between them, up from 45.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
33,005
Margin
5,062
15.34%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GHANA SHYAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC15,39146.6%
  2. 2BISHWANATH MAHATOJan Kalyan Party · JKP10,32931.3%
  3. 3K. K. MURMUJKD · JKD2,8468.6%
  4. 4HIMANGSHU SHEKHAR MANDALNCO · NCO1,5474.7%
  5. 5SHYAM PADA MUKHERJEESOP · SOP9783.0%
  6. 6RANJAN KUMAR GUPTASwatantra Party · SWA9632.9%
  7. 7C. P. SINGHILP · ILP9512.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JKP swing
−10.9%
INC share
26.3% → 46.6%
JKP share
0.0% → 31.3%
Turnout
— → —
283. Ghatsila285. Jamshedpur East
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